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Business Law
Marking period: 1-4 Instructional Period: Five (5) Days
Enduring Understanding / Big Idea: Before students can examine issues of business and personal law, they need a brief introduction to the law itself nd to the
laws in general. An overview of criminal law, civil law, and procedural law will lay an essential foundation for a successful learning experience.
With this foundation, students are ready to consider the contract, the heart of both business and personal law. Contract law establishes the ground rules that
ordinary people can use to define their private rights and duties, as well as the rights and obligations of businesses and other individuals.
Exploring Business Law: Business law deals with issues that are essential t the lives of most adults and that may already be familiar to many students. These are
the most important topics of business law:
● Sales
● Agency and Employment
● Bailments
● Credit
● Negotiable Instruments
● Business Associations
Examining Personal Law: Personal law deals with issues that are generally already more familiar to students. These are the most relevant topics to personal law:
● Juvenile Justice
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● Consumer Law
● Family Law
● Housing Law
● Individual Rights and Liberty
Unit 1 (Chapters 1-4): Laws generally reflect and promote the values of our society. Our legal system is intended to protect the welfare, safety, and diverse interests
of individuals and society more generally. Laws that protect our freedoms, encourage positive interaction with others, and prohibit harmful behavior help improve our
society. In this unit, you will study: ethics and the law, the court system, criminal law and the law of torts. In this unit, you will study:
● Ethics and the law
● The court system
● Criminal law
● The law of torts
Chapter 1 - Introduces students to the process of ethical decision-making and how this process relates to law. This chapter explains what laws are needed and
presents the five major sources of laws in the United State today. In teaching these concepts to students, emphasize the following ideas:
● How ethical decisions are made
● How ethics and law differ
● The importance of the law
● The relationships between ethics and the law
● The primary sources of American law
Essential Question: What role does ethics play as it pertains to the law?
Five (5) Days 1,3, 4 Ethics and the Law I: Basics of the Law (Standard 1), Textbook
Agency and Employment (Standard 3), ● Section 1.1 Assessment, Page 13
Business Organizations (Standard 4) ● Section 1.2 Assessment, Page 21
Chapter 2 - Introduces the structures of the federal and state court systems and their jurisdictions. It provides discussion on civil versus criminal trials and
alternatives to litigation In techinn these concepts to students, emphasize the following ideas:
● The jurisdictions and structures of federal and state courts
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Essential Question: How are the federal and state courts structured?
Five (5) Days 1, 8 Ethics and the Law I: Environmental Law and Energy Textbook
Regulation (Standard 8) ● Section 2.1 Assessment, Page 33
● Section 2.2 Assessment, Page 49
R: Basics of the Law (Standard 1),
Environmental Law and Energy Workbook
Regulation (Standard 8) ● Reviewing Legal Terms, Page 9
● You’re The Judge, Page 10
M: Basics of the Law (Standard 1), ● Understanding Legal Concepts, Pages 11-12
Environmental Law and Energy ● Self-Assessment Quiz, Page 16
Regulation (Standard 8)
Chapter 3 - Discusses the elements of a crime and differentiates between crimes against property and those against people. State and federal criminal law systems
are covered, as well as the common defenses available to the individual accused of a crime. As you cover these concepts with your class, emphasize the following:
● How to classify different types of crimes
● The elements of a crime
● What common defenses are used in the defense of an accused criminal
● How to identify crimes against people versus crimes against property
Essential Question: What is the difference between federal and state law?
Chapter 4 - Discusses a variety of intentional torts. It explains negligence, the doctrine of strict liability, and survival and wrongful death statutes. As you teach the
concepts of this chapter, emphasize the following:
● The elements of negligence
● When the doctrine of strict liability applies
● The difference between survival and the wrongful death statutes
● The remedies available to the victims of a tory
Five (5) Days 1, 2, 4, 5 Ethics and the Law I: Contract Law, Law of Sales, and Textbook
Consumer Law (Standard 2), Property ● Section 4.1 Assessment, Page 87
Law (Standard 5) ● Section 4.2 Assessment, Page 93
Unit 1 Review
Essential Question:
Two (2) Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 Knowing About The Law I: Basics of the Law (Standard 1), Workbook
Contract Law, Law of Sales, and ● Reading Review, Pages 33-37
Consumer Law (Standard 2), Agency ● Concepts and Principles Review, Pages
and Employment (Standard 3), Business 38-39
Organization (Standard 4), Property Law
(Standard 5), Environmental Law and
Energy Regulation (Standard 8),
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Unit 2 (Chapter 5-12) - You regularly take part in a wide variety of contracts. Whether it’s cutting your neighbor’s grass or buying a cell phone, contract law is
intended to protect the interests of buyers and sellers, facilitate trade, and promote fairness and efficiency. IN this unit, you will learn about:
● Contrat and their elements
● Genuine agreement, capacity to contract, and consideration
● Legality and the form of a contract
● The end of contracts, transfer of contracts, and remedies for breach of contract
Chapter 5 - Lists the elements and major classes of contracts and details the requirements of an offer and an acceptance. As you teach these concepts, emphasize
the following:
● The six elements required to make a contract
● The differences in major class of contracts
● When and how a contract legally comes into existence
● Whether newspaper advertisements constitute offers
● How an offer can come to an end
Essential Question: What are the six elements required to make a contract?
Five (5) Days 1, 2, 3, 4,8 How Contracts Arise I: Agency and Employment (Standard 3), Textbook
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Chapter 6 - Focuses on genuine agreement and what can happen to render an agreement defective. It explains unilateral and bilateral mistakes, fraud
misrepresentation, duress, and undue influence. As you teach these concepts, emphasize the following:
● How certain types of mistakes and incorrect representation of facts can lead to the voiding of a contract
● The difference between unilateral and bilateral mistakes
● The difference between duress and undue influence
● The difference between misrepresentation and fraud
Essential Question: What is a genuine agreement and what renders an genuine agreement defective?
Chapter 7 - Explorers another essential element of a contract-the capacity to contract. It defines the limitations of an rights granted to minors and covers situation
related to capacity that make contracts voidable. As you teach these concepts, stress following ideas:
● Reasons why a minor may disaffirm a contract
● How minority s determined
● How contract between minors are treated
● Other reasons related to capacity that can make a contract voidable
Essential Question: What limitations and rights are granted to minors as it relates to their capacity to contract?
Chapter 8 - Defines consideration and describe transactions that do not contain consideration It explains the court rule regarding adequacy of consideration and
discusses special applications. As you teach these concepts, emphasize the following:
● How to identify consideration
● How to identify situations in which consideration is not present
● How courts determine adequacy of consideration
● How the doctrine of promissory estoppel may affect contract consideration
● How special situation involving consideration are applied
Essential Question: What is consideration and which transactions do not contain consideration?
Chapter 9 - Describes how illegal contracts come about and circumstances that may warrant invalidating contracts. As you teach these concepts, emphasize the
following ideas:
● How state and civil and criminal statutes may affect contract legality
● How usury, gambling, licensing, or Sunday statutes may affect contract legality
● Why contract must not harm public policy
● How the courts deal with contracts that are partially or fully illegal
Essential Questions: How do contracts become illegal and which circumstances invalidate contracts?
Chapter 10 - Discusses the types of contracts that must be in writing to be enforceable, covered by the statutes of frauds. It explains the elements that a written
contract must contain and how parties should approach the signing of a written contract. When the teaching these concepts, emphasize the following ideas:
● How the Statute of Frauds applies to certain contracts
● How to evaluate contradictory or ambiguous phrases in a contract
● How the parol evidence and best evidence rules applies to contract disputes
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Five (5) Days 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 Form of the Contract I: Negotiable Instruments, Secured Textbook
Transactions, Bankruptcy (Standard 6) ● Section 10.1 Assessment, Page 214
● Section 10.2 Assessment, Page 217
R: Basics of the Law (Standard 1), Workbook
Contract Law, Law of Sales, and ● Reviewing Legal Terms, Page 85
Consumer Law (Standard 2), Property ● You’re The Judge, Page 86
Law (Standard 5), Bankruptcy (Standard ● Understanding Legal Concepts, Page 87-88
6), Family Law (Standard 9) ● Self-Assessment Quiz, Page 92
M:
Chapter 11 - Explains the ways on which a contract can be discharged. It discusses timeliness, substance, and satisfaction of performance, as well as how
contracts may be discharged if the obligations are impossible to perform. As you teach these concepts, emphasize the following ideas:
● How contracts may be ended due to fulfillment of all terms
● How contracts may be discharged due to time constraints, satisfaction of performance, and substantial performance
● How laws or impossibility of performance can end a contract
● How the reasonable person test can be used to determine satisfactory performance
Five (5) Days 1,2,5,6,9 Form of the Contract I: Negotiable Instruments, Secured Textbook
Transactions, Bankruptcy (Standard 6) ● Section 11.1 Assessment, Page 230
● Section 11.2 Assessment, Page 235
R: Basics of the Law (Standard 1), Workbook
Contract Law, Law of Sales, and ● Reviewing Legal Terms, Page 93
Consumer Law (Standard 2), Property ● You’re The Judge, Page 94
Law (Standard 5), Bankruptcy (Standard ● Understanding Legal Concepts, Page 95-96
6), Family Law (Standard 9) ● Self-Assessment Quiz, Page 100
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Chapter 12 - Compares and contrasts assignment and delegation of contracts, identifying rights that may and may not be assigned and duties that may and may not
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be delegated. It discusses breach of contract and outlines the remedies available to an injured party when a contract is breached. As you teach these concepts,
emphasize the following ideas:
● How to differentiate between an assignment and a delegation
● How to identify the rights that may be assigned and the duties that may be delegated
● How a third party may enforce a contract
● How to identify when a breach of contract has taken place
● What remedies are available to the injured party when a breach has occurred
Essential Question: In which ways can a contract be transferred and which remedies are available when a breach occurs?
Unit 2 Review
R: Basics of the Law (Standard 1), ● Concepts and Principles Review, Page
Contract Law, Law of Sales, and 114-115
Consumer Law (Standard 2), Agency ● Legal Vocabulary Checkup, Pages 116
and Employment (Standard 3), Business ● You’re The Judge, Pages 117-118
Organization (Standard 4), Property Law
(Standard 5), Commercial Paper,
Insurance, Secured Transactions and
Bankruptcy (Standard 6)
UNIT 3 (Chapters 13-17) : Throughout your life, you will take part in transactions involving the sale of goods. Laws intended to promote efficient economics
relationships and protect you as a consumer govern these contracts. In this unit, you will learn about these laws by studying the following topics:
● Contracts for selling goods
● The law of warranties
● Consumer protection law
● Purchasing and selling automobiles
● Personal property, intellectual property and bailments.
Chapter 13 - Introduces students to contracts for the sale of goods, passage of title and risk of loss, and e-commerce and the law. As you teach this chapter,
emphasize the following:
● The elements and form of contracts for the sale of goods
● Remedies for breach of contract
● Consideration, and whether contracts can ever be binding without it
● How title to goods is passed and which party carries the risk of loss
● Precautions and remedies available to people shopping on the Internet
Essential Questions: What are the elements required in order to validate a contract for sale?
R: Basics of the Law (Standard 1), ● Section 13. Assessment, Page 283
Contract Law, Law of Sales, and Workbook
Consumer Law (Standard 2) ● Reviewing Legal Terms, Page 121
● You’re The Judge, Page 122
M: Basics of the Law (Standard 1), ● Understanding Legal Concepts, Page
Contract Law, Law of Sales, and 123-124
Consumer Law (Standard 2) ● Self-Assessment Quiz, Page 128
Chapter 14 - Discusses both express and implied warranties. It indicates ways and warranties may be excluded and discusses the buyer’s duty to notify the seller of
a defect. The chapter offers information on a variety of remedies available to the injured party when breach of contract has occurred. As you teach these concepts,
emphasize the following ideas:
● How to recognize the difference between express and implied warranties
● How to determine ways in which warranties may be excluded
● How to recognize when and by whom implied warranties are made
● What duties the buyer has in regard to notification of defects to the seller
● What remedies are available
Essential Questions: What are the different types of warranties and for what purpose would one purchase a warranty?
Chapter 15 - Speaks to the issues of consumer protection. It identifies ways in which businesses may misrepresent their products or services and describes the
laws that protect consumers from these practices. As you teach these concepts, emphasize the following ideas:
● How to recognize deceptive practices such as fraudulent misrepresentation and false advertising
● How four FTC trade regulation rules act to correct wrongdoing in the marketplace
● How to differentiate between product and strict liability
● How to identify and use federal and state consumer protection laws
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Essential Questions: What are the benefits of understanding deceptive practices targeting consumers and which laws protects consumers from these deceptions?
Chapter 16 - Chapter 16 highlights the issues surrounding purchasing and insuring a motor vehicle. It outlines leasing and financing consideration, and explains
precautions to take when buying a car from a dealer or a private party. Legal protections afforded to purchasers of automobiles are also covered. When teaching
these concepts, emphasize the following ideas:
● How to discern the advantages and disadvantages of purchasing or leasing a vehicle
● What remedies are available to the purchaser of a defective automobile
● How federal laws protect automobile purchasers
● What precautions should be taken buying a car from a dealer or an individual
● What types of insurance are available to the owner of a vehicle
Essential Questions: What steps should be taken to purchase a car when financing is required? Which laws protect consumers when purchasing a vehicle?
Chapter 17 - Emphasizes the concept of personal property and highlights the law of patents, copyrights, and trademarks. It introduces types of bailments and
contrast the rights of duties of bailors and bailees. As you teach these concepts, stress the following ideas:
● The differences between lost and misplaced property
● How copyrights, patents, and trademarks protect intellectual property
● The differences between mutual-benefits bailments, bailments by necessity, and gratuitous bailments
● The rights and duties of the bailee and the bailer
Essential Questions: What is the difference between tangible and intangible property and why is it important for entrepreneurs to understand the laws that protect
patents, copyrights, and trademarks?
UNIT 3 Review
UNIT 4 (Chapters 18-21): Most of us must play an active, productive role in the workplace to make a living and support ourselves or our families. Agency
relationship laws and employment laws help protect individuals rights in the workplace. In this unit, you will learn about these laws by studying the following topics:
● Creating an agency
● Agency relationships and their termination
● Employment law and employment protection
● Equal opportunity
Chapter 18 - Describes how agency relationships operate. It distinguishes between the master-servant relationship and the proprietor-independent contractor
relationship. General agents, specific agents, and co-agents are defined and contrasted. As you teach these concepts, stress the following ideas:
● How agency relationships are created and how they work
● How the master-servant relationship differs from the prietor-independent contractor relationship
● How to identify the variety of different types of agents
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Essential Question: What are the different types of agents and how do they relate to each other?
Chapter 19 - Explores the types of duties and responsibilities that belong to principles and agents. It differentiates between express and implied agency authority. In
addition, the chapter explains how agencies can be terminated. As you teach these concepts, stress the following ideas:
● How to recognize the differences between express and implied authority, and between an agent’s actual and apparent authority
● How to identify the duties and responsibilities of principals and agents
● How agencies can be terminated by acts of law and by acts of the parties
Essential Question: What are the different types of authority and what are the responsibilities of each of these authorities?
M:Basics of the Law (Standard 1), ● Self-Assessment Quiz Workbook, Page 190
Agency and Employment (Standard 3),
Business Organizations (Standard 4),
Property Law (Standard 5)
Chapter 20 - Describes the employer-employee relationship and the rights and duties of each party. It explains how the relationships may be terminated and how
the doctrine of employment-at-will applies. Major legislation surrounding employer-employee relationship is also covered.As you teach these concepts, As you teach
these concepts, stress the following ideas:
● How the employment-at-will doctrine affects the employer-employee relationship
● How to identify exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrine
● How employment may be terminated
● How legislation affects employee-employer relationships
Essential Question: What law protect employees in the workplace, particularly in states that have employment-at-will?
Chapter 21 - Explains the major federal laws that regulate employment conditions, worker benefits, and employment opportunities. As you teach these concepts,
emphasize the following ideas:
● The major provisions of the law that regulate wages, hours, and benefits
● How to differentiate between unemployment compensation and workers’ compensation
● The major federal laws that regulate employment opportunities
● The differentiate between disparate treatment and disparate impact
R: Basics of the Law (Standard 1), ● Section 21.2 Assessment, Page 471
Contract Law, Law of Sales, and Workbook
Consumer Law (Standard 2), Agency ● Reviewing Legal Terms Workbook, Page 199
and Employment (Standard 3), Business ● You’re The Judge Workbook, Page 200
Organizations (Standard 4), Property ● Understanding Legal Concepts Workbook,
Law (Standard 5) Pages 201-202
● Self-Assessment Quiz Workbook, Page 206
M:Basics of the Law (Standard 1),
Contract Law, Law of Sales, and
Consumer Law (Standard 2), Agency
and Employment (Standard 3), Business
Organizations (Standard 4), Property
Law (Standard 5)
UNIT 4 Review
Two (2) Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 Being an Agent and Getting a I: Domestic Relations Law (Standard 9) Workbook
Job ● Reading Review, Pages 207-212
R: Basics of the Law (Standard 1), ● Concepts and Principles Review, Pages
Contract Law, Law of Sales, and 213-214
Consumer Law (Standard 2), Agency ● You’re The Judge, Pages 215-216
and Employment (Standard 3), Business
Organization (Standard 4), Property Law
(Standard 5), Domestic Relations Law
(Standard 9)
UNIT 5 - Most people use some form of currency to purchase goods, but they do not always use cash. As a consumer, you need to be aware of your rights and
obligations when you write checks, borrow money, use credit to make purchases, and manage your debts. In this unit, you will study:
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Chapter 22 - Identifies the various forms of credit and discusses borrowing money. It explains the use of credit cards and the laws regarding their unauthorized use.
The Truth in Lending Act, and other federal credit laws are covered. As you teach these concepts, emphasize the following ideas:
● The various forms of credit
● The procedure for borrowing money and the importance of the Truth in Lending Act
● The federal laws that affect credit
● The laws governing the unauthorized use of credit cards
● The differences between the bankruptcy chapters
Essential Question: What are the different types of credit and how does the Truth In Lending Act affect the rules of the various types of credit?
Chapter 23 - Outlines the various kinds of negotiable instruments and explains how they are used. It identifies the requirements of negotiability and discusses the
delivery requirements for each instrument. As you teach these concepts, emphasize the following ideas:
● How drafts are used
● How to identify the parties to a draft
● The features of a certificate of deposit
● The requirements for negotiability
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Essential Question: Which types of negotiable instruments are available and how can these investments be used to help build wealth that can be used in
retirement?
Chapter 24 - Explains how to open a checking account and describes the a depostier’s rights. It illustrates how to write a check and discusses common problems
associated with checking accounts. Federal law concerning availability of funds and electronic fund transfers are also covered. As you teach these issues,
emphasize the following ideas:
● How to open a checking account
● What rights belong to the depositor
● How a check is properly written
● How federal law governs the availability of funds
● Rules that regulate electronic fund transfers and how they are transacted
Essential Question: What are the various ways one can use checks as consideration to make purchases?
Chapter 25 - Explains how bearer and order instruments may be negotiated and details the four principal types of endorsements. The warranties and contracts of
indorsers are also examined. As you teach these concepts, emphasize the following ideas:
● How bearer instruments are negotiated
● How order instruments are negotiated
● The four principal types of indorsements
● What warranties are made when people indorse negotiable instruments
● What contracts are made when people indorse negotiable instruments
Essential Question: What are the ways one can transfer negotiable instruments in order to preserve the wealth and integrity of the investment?
Chapter 26 - Continues the discussion of negotiable instruments, defining a holder in due course and contrasting personal defenses with real defenses. It explains
the liabilities for negotiable instruments and discusses how they may be discharged. As you teach these concepts, emphasize the following ideas:
● How a holder in due course is identified
● The differences between personal and real defenses
● The differences between secondary and primary liability for a negotiable instrument
● How a negotiable instrument and its parties may be discharged
Essential Question: What are the rights and responsibilities of one who hold negotiable instruments?
Instruments R: Basics of the Law (Standard 1), ● Section 26.1 Assessment, Page 567
Contract Law, Law of Sales, and ● Section 26.2 Assessment, Page 571
Consumer Law (Standard 2), Negotiable Workbook
Instruments, Secured Transactions, ● Reviewing Legal Terms Workbook, Page 255
Bankruptcy (Standard 6), Computer Law ● You’re The Judge Workbook, Page 256
(Standard 7) ● Understanding Legal Concepts Workbook,
Pages 257-258
M: Basics of the Law (Standard 1), ● Self-Assessment Quiz Workbook, Page 262
Contract Law, Law of Sales, and
Consumer Law (Standard 2), Negotiable
Instruments, Secured Transactions,
Bankruptcy (Standard 6), Computer Law
(Standard 7)
UNIT 5 Review
UNIT 6 - Most Americans are employed in business, and al Americans purchase goods and services from business people. Businesses come in a variety of forms,
from sole proprietorship to large corporations. Each type of business has its own characteristics, and advantages and disadvantages, and individual legal rules. In
this unit, you will learn about:
● Sole proprietorship and partnership
● Forming, financing, and operating a corporation
● Regulation and expansion
Chapter 27 - Introduces students to two forms of business organization-the sole proprietorship and the partnership. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages
of each partnership and explains how the partnership is formed and dissolved. It also distinguishes between a general partner and a limited partner. As you teach
the concepts of the chapter, emphasizes the following ideas:
● The advantages and disadvantages of the sole proprietorship
● The advantages and disadvantages of the partnership
● How a partnership is formed and dissolved
● The rights and duties of the partners
● The difference between a general and a limited partner
Essential Question: What is the differences between a sole proprietorship and a partnership and the advantages and disadvantages of both?
Five (5) Days 1,4,8,9 Sole Proprietorship and I: Environmental Law and Energy Textbook
Partnership Regulation (Standard 8), Family Law ● Section 27.1 Assessment, Page 587
(Standard 9) ● Section 27.2 Assessment, Page 599
Workbook
R: Basics of the Law (Standard 1), ● Reviewing Legal Terms Workbook, Page 275
Business Organizations (Standard 4) ● You’re The Judge Workbook, Page 276
● Understanding Legal Concepts Workbook,
M: Basics of the Law (Standard 1), Page 277-278
Business Organizations (Standard 4) ● Self-Assessment Quiz Workbook, Page 282
Chapter 28 - Introduces students to the major types of corporation and explains the incorporation and explains the incorporation process. It describes how
corporations are financed and differentiates between de jure corporation, de facto corporation, and corporation by estoppel. As you teach these concepts,
emphasize the following ideas:
● The various types of corporations
● The incorporation process
● The difference between du jure corporation, de facto corporation, and corporation by estoppel
● How corporation are financed
Chapter 29 - Describes the duties of corporate directors and officers. It explains shareholder rights and voting techniques and contrasts direct suits with derivative
suits. It also outlines the differences between judgement rule and the fairness rule. As you teach these concepts, emphasize the following ideas:
● How the actions and responsibilities of corporate officers contribute to the operation of the corporation
● The rights of the shareholders
● How shareholders vote on corporate issues
● How direct suits differ from derivative suits
● How the business judgement rule differs from the fairness rule
Essential Question: What are the different levels in an organization and how do these levels interact with each other?
Chapter 30 - Provides insight into the federal government’s power to regulate business. It outlines the major securities regulations and antitrust regulations and
differentiates between merger, consolidation, asset acquisition, and stock acquisition. It explains takeovers and how they are regulated. As you teach these
concepts, emphasize the following ideas:
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Essential Question: What is the role of the government as it pertains to regulating business?
Unit 6 Review
Essential Question: What makes an agreement defective and how are minors involved in contracts?
UNIT 7 - Getting married, purchasing your first home, and planning for your retirement are important life events that many anticipate. It is necessary to know your
legal rights and responsibilities when you reach these life events so that you can plan accordingly. In this unit, you will learn about the laws that govern the following
topics:
● Marriage and divorce, and their legal consequences
● Renting and buying a residence
● Insurance protection
● Retirement and wills
Chapter 31 - Explains the rights and duties involved in a marriage contract and highlights issues addressed in premarital agreements. Age requirements, common
law marriage, and ceremonial marriage are discussed. As you teach these concepts to your students, emphasize the following ideas:
● The rights and duties involved in the marriage contract
● The purposes of the premarital agreement
● The commonly addressed issues found n a premarital agreement
● The age requirements of marriage in different states
● The difference between common law marriage and a ceremonial marriage
● What kinds of marriages are prohibited by law
Essential Question: What is marriage is it is defined by the law and which ways can individuals prepare for marriage as they protect their assets from a potential
divorce?
Five (5) Days 1, 9 Marriage I: Domestic Relations Law (Standard 9) Textbook
● Section 31.1 Assessment, Page 680
R: Basics of the Law (Standard 1), ● Section 31.2 Assessment, Page 687
Domestic Relations Law (Standard 9) Workbook
● Reviewing Legal Terms Workbook, Page 319
M: Basics of the Law (Standard 1) ● You’re The Judge Workbook, Page 320
● Understanding Legal Concepts Workbook,
Page 321-322
● Self-Assessment Quiz Workbook, Page 326
Chapter 32 - Explains the ways marriage come to an end. It contrasts a divorce with n annulment and describes the grounds for each. Students will learn about the
development of child custody and support laws. They will gain a basic understanding of laws relating t marital property. As you teach these concepts, emphasize the
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following ideas:
● How a divorce differs from an annulment
● The common grounds for divorce
● The importance of a person’s residence and domicile in a divorce proceeding
● How property is equitably distributed in a divorce
● How child custody is handled in a divorce
Essential Question: What are the legal and financial implications of ending a marriage?
Chapter 33 - Describes the principal types of tenancies. It discusses leases, covenants, and rights and duties and landlords and tenants. The liability of landlords
and tenants to third parties is addressed. As you teach these concepts, emphasize the following ideas:
● The types of tenancies available to renters
● The main main types of covenants found in a lease
● The rights and duties of the landlord and the tenant
● The liability of landlords and tenants
● How fixtures and improvements are handled
Essential Question: What are the legal right of landlords and renters?
Chapter 34 - Describes the process of buying a house, from evaluating the purchase to securing a mortgage. It distinguishes among types of co-ownership and
types of deeds. The chapter explains limitations on land used to imposed by law or contracts. As you teach these concepts, emphasize the following ideas:
● The steps involved in evaluating the purchase of a home
● The costs connected with obtaining a mortgage
● The various types of mortgages
● The common types of deeds in use
● The limitations on land use imposed by law or by contract
Five (5) Days 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 Buying A Home I: Computer Law (Standard 7), Textbook
Environmental Law and Energy ● Section 34.1 Assessment, Page 735
Regulation (Standard 8), ● Section 34.2 Assessment, Page 745
Workbook
R: Basics of the Law (Standard 1), ● Reviewing Legal Terms Workbook, Page 343
Property Law (Standard 5), Commercial ● You’re The Judge Workbook, Page 344
Paper, Insurance, Secured Transactions ● Understanding Legal Concepts Workbook,
and Bankruptcy (Standard 6),Computer Page 345-346
Law (Standard 7), Environmental Law ● Self-Assessment Quiz Workbook, Page 350
and Energy Regulation (Standard 8),
Chapter 35 - Provides a description of the principal types of insurance that students will need in their lives. The chapter identifies losses covered by homeowner’s
and fire insurance. As you teach these concepts, emphasize following ideas:
● Definitions of the terms common to most forms if insurance
● How insurable interest is applied in regard to life insurance and fire insurance
● The principal kind of insurance
● How health insurance coverages is differ
● The kinds of losses that are covered by homeowner’s insurance and fire insurance
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Essential Question: What are the various types of insurance protection that is available and in what ways are you and the insurance company legally bound by the
contract?
Chapter 36 - Describes the three major types of retirement plans and explains the features of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). In addition to
detailing some of the features of social security, it describes the making of a will. The chapter also gives students insight into how property is transferred when
someone dies without a will. As you teach these concepts, emphasize the following ideas:
● The main features of social security, pension plans, and personal retirement plans
● The rights given to employees under ERISA
● Who may make a will and what a sill should contain
● How a will may be changed or revoked
● How a will is executed
● How property is passed along when someone dies intestate
● The rights of the family of the deceased
Essential Question: What are the main features of social security, pension plans, and personal retirement plans?
Five (5) Days 1, 3, 7, 10 Retirement and Wills I: Wills and Trusts (Standard 10) Textbook
● Section 36.1 Assessment, Page 778
R: Basics of the Law (Standard 1), ● Section 36.2 Assessment, Page 785
Agency and Employment (Standard 3), Workbook
Business Organization (Standard 4), ● Reviewing Legal Terms Workbook, Page 359
Wills and Trusts (Standard 10) ● You’re The Judge Workbook, Page 360
● Understanding Legal Concepts Workbook,
Camden Academy Charter High School
BUSINESS LAW Curriculum Map
2017-2018 School Year
Developed by Ms. Searfoorce
Unit 7 Review
Essential Question: What are the different marriage laws and what are the grounds for divorce?
Two (2) Days 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 Planning for the Future I: Wills and Trusts (Standard 10) Workbook
● Reading Review, Pages 367-369
R: Basics of the Law (Standard 1), ● Concepts and Principles Review, Pages
Contract Law, Law of Sales, and 370-371
Consumer Law (Standard 2), Property ● Legal Vocabulary Checkup, Pages 372-373
Law (Standard 5), Commercial Paper, ● You’re The Judge, Pages 374-375
Insurance, Secured Transactions and
Bankruptcy (Standard 6), Domestic
Relations Law (Standard 9), Wills and
Trusts (Standard 10)
b. Real Property
6. Negotiable Instruments, Secured Transactions, Bankruptcy
Achievement Standard: Analyze the functions of negotiable instruments, insurance, secured transactions, and bankruptcy.
a. Commercial Property
b. Insurance
c. Secured Transactions
d. Bankruptcy
7. Computer Law
Achievement Standard: Explain how advances in computer technology impact such areas as intellectual property, contract law, criminal law, tort law, and
international law.
a. Basics of Computer Law
8. Environmental Law and Energy Regulation
Achievement Standard: Explain the legal rules that apply to environmental law and energy regulation.
a. Environmental Law
b. Energy Regulation
9. Family Law
Achievement Standard: Explain the legal rules that apply to marriage, divorce, and child custody.
a. Marriage and Its Legal Consequences
b. Divorce and Its Legal Consequences
10. Wills and Trusts
Achievement Standard: Determine the appropriateness of wills and trusts in estate planning.
a. Wills
b. Trusts
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Camden Academy Charter High School
BUSINESS LAW Curriculum Map
2017-2018 School Year
Developed by Ms. Searfoorce
Basics of the Law (Standard 1), Contract Law, Law of Sales, and Consumer Law (Standard 2), Agency and Employment (Standard 3), Business Organization (Standard
4), Property Law (Standard 5), Commercial Paper, Insurance, Secured Transactions and Bankruptcy (Standard 6), Computer Law (Standard 7), Environmental Law and
Energy Regulation (Standard 8), Domestic Relations Law (Standard 9), Wills and Trusts (Standard 10)